This basketball season the cheer team has two new coaches, teachers Tara Buckley and Emily DiNoto. Although neither of them have coached cheerleading before, Buckley has coached softball and DiNoto has coached cross country. The two are enthusiastic about this new opportunity.

“[I am excited] because it’s fun, spirited, and happy,” Buckley said. “All around it is a good experience for me and the students and I like making people happy.”

This season there is also a pep squad for the basketball teams.

“We wanted to give all the girls a chance to be on the cheer team so we decided to have a pep squad,” DiNoto said. “We also wanted to give them the chance to gain more cheer experience.”